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**179 Klytaemnestra**
Orbital characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Orbit type	Main belt
Semimajor axis	2.971 AU
Perihelion distance	2.628 AU
Aphelion distance	3.313 AU
Orbital period	5.12 years
Inclination	7.82�
Eccentricity	0.115
Physical characteristics ^{1 (ftp://ftp.lowell.edu/pub/elgb/astorb.html)}
Diameter	77.7 km
Rotation period	11.173 hours
Spectral class	S
Abs. magnitude	8.15
Albedo ^{4 (http://dorothy.as.arizona.edu/DSN/IRAS/index_iras.html)}	0.161
History ^{2 (http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/lists/NumberedMPs.html)}
Discoverer	J. C. Watson, 1877

179 Klytaemnestra is a fairly large Main belt asteroid. It is probably composed of silicate rocks and metallic iron-nickel.

It was discovered by J. C. Watson on November 11, 1877. It was last of his total of 22 asteroid discoveries. It is named after Clytemnestra, the wife of Agamemnon in Greek mythology.

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